Seminars and Certifications

Health Care Professionals, Front Line Staff, First Responders, Correctional Personnel and Trainers, Educators, Government Personnel, Association Staff, Clergy, Support Group Leaders, Elder Care Attorneys, Mobile Dentistry and Hygienist, Ancillary Companies, etc.,

Courses offered

CADDCT® Certified Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Trainer® course

Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Curriculum - required for CDP Certification for those who qualify for CDP certification

CDCM® Certified Dementia Care Managers® (Dementia Unit Managers) seminar

CPCHCP™ Certified Personal Care Home Care Professional™ seminar

CDSGF™ Certified Dementia Support Group Facilitator™ seminar

CFRDT™ Certified First Responder Dementia Trainer™ seminar

CFR-DT™ Certified First Responder-Dementia Trained™ seminar

CCPDT™ Certified Correctional Personnel Dementia Trainer™ seminar

CDTCP™ Certified Dementia Trained Correctional Personnel™ seminar

CMDCP® Certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional® seminar see www.iccdp.net sister company to NCCDP

Commendations:

Memory Care Home Care Commendation

Memory Care Neighborhood Commendation for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities

SEMINARS TAUGHT BY NCCDP APPROVED INSTRUCTORS
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ASSOCIATIONS HOSTING NCCDP ADDC ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA CARE SEMINARS
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LEARNING INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES HOSTING THE ADDC SEMINAR
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Seminar Evaluation - A seminar evaluation is collected at the end of each seminar. An additional evaluation is provided with your CDP application and we ask that you take the time to also complete the application evaluation. We value your time and your feedback.

Apply to become a Certified Dementia Practitioner - please click here.

If you do not see a seminar posted for your state, please check back as the instructors are loading new seminars through out the year. Or contact the instructor listed for state you are seeking a seminar. Or contact NCCDP by using the CONTACT US FORM or 1 877 729 5191 about bringing the seminar to your facility or conference.

The NCCDP ADDC Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Seminars are open to anyone who works in long term care or is a caregiver.

Statistics prove that nearly 50% of the residents of long term care facilities have been diagnosed with dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease. This number will continue to grow. The only way to provide successful dementia care is to understand the disease process and the significance behind the dementia related behaviors.

Course Goals and Objectives:

Goals are:
- To provide fundamental education on dementia and dementia care
- To enhance the quality of life of dementia patients through education care providers
- Foster sensitivity and respect for the dementia client
- To teach communication techniques
- To provide sensitive approaches for assisting patients with activities of daily living.

Participants will:

- Have an understanding of dementia
- Identify common causes of aggressive, repetitive and sundowning behaviors in adults
- Describe behavioral/care interventions that may be used to prevent or reduce difficult care situations.
- Describe challenges related to caregiver stress and utilize stress reduction techniques
- Learn alternative activity interventions that are success oriented and failure free
- Receive certificate of attendance in seminar.

For more information about the seminars or certifications please contact the NCCDP Corporate office at 1.877.729.5191 or email us using the Contact Form.

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DISCOUNTS
Discounts for Associations
Discounts for Corporations

Person Centered Care

Subjective Cognitive Decline SCD and Subjective Cognitive Impairment SCI

Dealing With Difficult Patients

Oral Health for Dementia Care

Revitalizing Your Support Group

Successful Engagement  & The Art of Quilting A Conversation for the Activity Professional and Recreation Therapist

Engaging Through Color, Adapted From - The Dementia Concept

Protecting Residents From Financial Exploitation

Developing Self Esteem & Wellness Programs for the Older Adult

The Benefits of Music and Reminiscing for Senior Living Residents

Safety Throughout Your Life

Inclusive Services for LGBT Older Adults - A Practical Guide To Creating Welcoming Agencies

Reversible Dementia’s

Medications and Older Adult Abuse and Neglect

Hydration and the Dementia Patient

Older Person with Dementia and Sight Loss

Delirium and Older Adults With Dementia

Geriatric Anxiety- Recognizing, Diagnosing and Treatment

Dementia and Noise Providing a Soothing Quiet Environment

Dementia Pugilistica, now called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: History, Role and Responsibilities

Improving Dementia Care -Reducing Unnecessary Antipsychotic Medications

Lewy body dementia: When it isn’t Alzheimer’s

Senior Bullying Across the Ages: Senior’s Bullying Other Seniors

Travel Guidelines for People with Dementia

Preventing Resident to Resident Altercations / Aggression / Abuse in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living

Seven User-Friendly Therapeutic Music Activities for the Musician and Non-musician With Applications for Dementia Clients

Sexual Violence in Later Life

Broken Trust: Older Adults, Family and Finances. Financial Older Adult Abuse Prevention

Time for Tellin’ Tall Tales Y’all! Using story to reach and know each other - Time Slip

Dos and dont's for gardens for dementia residents

The Importance of Brain Games to Improve Cognitive Function

Crisis Intervention and Building Resiliency for your staff

Understanding Frontotemporal Degeneration

Fall into Fall - Fall prevention in-service for Dementia clients

Sexuality and Intimacy: A Guide for Dementia Patients in Long Term Care Settings and Home Care

Project Life Saver - (Elopement What You Need To Know)

Understanding Pseudobulbar Affect PBA - Involuntary Outbursts of Crying and Laughing

Your caregiver personality: Why it’s a very important caregiving skill

CAREGIVER RESOURCE: CARING FROM THE HEART

Brain Fog...Is a Legit Diagnosis!

Life Review: Practice Techniques For Clients & Caregivers

Spiritual Care When Dementia Is Present: Holding Fast to the Memory of God

Benefits of Daily Outside Walks & Dementia Gardens for Person’s with Dementia

Tips for Dealing With Stress and the Holidays

What’s wrong with Care Plans, and how to get it right!

Risk Management - “Improving  Quality”

Non-pharmacological Approach to the Alzheimer's disease patient

Environmental Design in Managing Behavior in Assisted Living

Communicating successfully with Alzheimer’s Older Adults

THIS IS NOT ALZHEIMER’S: An Overview of Vascular Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, & Frontotemporal Dementia

The Rehab Professional's Role in Dining for Person's with Dementia

Take Precautions for Facility Outing?

Senior Housing, Can residents stay home with Early Dementia?

Alzheimer's and Dementia Activities: Make Them Meaningful

Developing effective activities programs for older adults with dementia

Caring for the Caregiver

Medications in Dementia Patients

Keeping your Institution Safe, How To Deal with Alzheimer’s/Dementia Residents In A Crisis or Terrorist Act

Onsite Training for Corporations / Association Conference

Accreditation

Videos of Instructors in Action

If you work as a First Responder, Do you know:

Proper communication techniques?
How to deal with catastrophic events?
What to do for repetitive behaviors?
What to do for sundowning?
Do you recognize abuse and neglect in the home?
There are unique driving concerns in the elderly, do you know them?

Be prepared for the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Person.

Provide successful approaches and interventions.

Get trained and certified today!

The only way to provide successful dementia approaches is to understand the disease process, the importance of communication skills and the significance of the feelings behind the dementia-related behaviors.

Course Goals & Objectives

Goals are:
To provide fundamental education on dementia and dementia approaches.
To enhance the quality of life of dementia patients by educating First Responders.
Foster sensitivity & respect for the person with a diagnosis of dementia.
To teach communication techniques.

Participants will
Have an understanding of dementia.
Identify common causes of aggressive, repetitive and sundowning behaviors in older adults.
Describe behavioral/care interventions that may be used to prevent, reduce or eliminate difficult care situations.
Describe challenges related to caregiver stress and utilize stress reduction techniques.
Recognize abuse and neglect in the home.
Understand driving concerns in the elderly with a dementia diagnosis.
Receive certificate of attendance in seminar

Who Should Attend the NCCDP Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Seminar for First Responders:

Law Enforcement (city, county, state and federal), EMT's, TSA Agents, Fire Fighters. The First Responder seminar can be booked privately and provided to your team only or check the calendar for a First Responder seminar or trainer near you. Click here for the seminar calendar. Click here to find a CFRDT trainer. Please contact nccdpcorporate@nccdp.org if you would like to book a private training and presented by the NCCDP Corporate staff. Download the CFR-DT application.

The CFRDT Trainer seminar is only presented by the NCCDP Corporate staff. You must have completed the CADDCT seminar first.
Download the CFRDT application. Download the CADDCT application.

Times.
The First Responder seminar is 6 hours.

The CADDCT live seminar is 12 hours and is a prerequisite to the CFRDT trainer certification.

Registration Information: See the calendar for pricing. Generally, the CFRDT sets the price as the trainers do not work for NCCDP. The trainer generally charges 185.00 pp or a flat rate if this is an in-house seminar plus pp fee for the student handout notebook.

enrolled unless otherwise notified. NCCDP reserves the right to cancel seminars based on insufficient enrollment. Registrants who need to
First Responder Student Hand out Notebook with the CFR-DT application is provided in the First Responder training.

Computers and recording devices are prohibited in class.

The First Responder seminar can be booked with a CFRDT trainer or directly with the NCCDP Corporate office.

CFRDT Certified First Responder Dementia Trainer certification. Because you are required to complete the CADDCT 12- hour live seminar as a prerequisite, there is no class for the CFRDT certification.

Course includes the First Responder six- hour Dementia curriculum on memory stick, instructor manual, First Responder student handout notebook which includes the students CFR-DT application. Certification as CFRDT

Cancellation Policy
Please view the CFRDT trainer policy.

Notice: While certification promotes and maintains quality, it does not license, confer a right or privilege upon or otherwise define the qualifications of anyone in the healthcare field.